The Uniform of the Universe is Tie-Dye

It has been determined that the colour of the universe

is Cosmic Latte, which is coincidentally what I christened

my second semester, first grade art project,

abstract finger-painting peppered with sparklebright

fairydust fallen from the top shelf during the earthquake

that leveled the cathedral and toppled the overpass.

I was positively reinforced with an extra

juice box; the church with iron, the stained

glass windows crushed into possible gun powder

under the sneakers of our Sunday best; it became the same

fairy dust I had employed, but this time my comrades

helped me collect it to decorate our pigeon feathered wings.

We left our shoes in the cherry orchard, barefoot

took a running leap, but only some left the ground

and fewer still achieved escape velocity, where

we propelled through black holes until we found

the seam of these universes, the pulse of relic radiation,

and saw it was tie-dye.